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after the presidential election. the white house says the report is not true. true or not, richard haass, you already see folks on the romney side trying to exploit this as a bad thing. is it a sign of bad things to come or perhaps a sign that the sanctions are working? >> i think it's exactly right. it's a sign the sanctions are finally kicking in. the iranian currency fell by something like 40% over the last two weeks. >> yep. >> they're feeling the pain. this is a good thing. i think the united states should test the iranians. we should offer a comprehensive offer. and we'll find out. >> so this is a good thing. >> i think it's a good thing. >> one on one. >> it's clarifying. it either will get a deal that we can live with, which is a good thing because no one should be anxious to go to war given all the uncertainties. >> did the israelis have a problem with this? >> their thing will depend on the details. what is it we would demand under romney? can you get a deal that's enough for the iranians and not too much f
after the presidential election. the white house says the report is not true. true or not, richard haass, you already see folks on the romney side trying to exploit this as a bad thing. is it a sign of bad things to come or perhaps a sign that the sanctions are working? >> i think it's exactly right. it's a sign the sanctions are finally kicking in. the iranian currency fell by something like 40% over the last two weeks. >> yep. >> they're feeling the pain. this is a good...
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speaking of mitt romney, the immigration question, the argument changed on friday when president obama came out with the announcement from the department of home land security that would give leniency to young illegal immigrants in this country. at that plays into the presidential race because florida senator marco rubio is now dropping his immigration plan after being upstaged by the president last week. the president announced his decision to stop deporting thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children. according to a new bloomberg poll released this morning, 64% of americans support the president's announcement to 30%. mitt romney is expected to come out at some point this week and endorse that plan but it's looks like that's not going to happen now. romney and rubio both suggested politics got in the way of a delicate situation. >> if you even suggest that you have an illegal immigration problem and we need to do something about it, if you're a republican, the left will label you as anti-immigrant. this idea that this is a slam dunk issue, that it's easy,
speaking of mitt romney, the immigration question, the argument changed on friday when president obama came out with the announcement from the department of home land security that would give leniency to young illegal immigrants in this country. at that plays into the presidential race because florida senator marco rubio is now dropping his immigration plan after being upstaged by the president last week. the president announced his decision to stop deporting thousands of illegal immigrants who...
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so some of the money mitt romney raised can't go to his presidential race, but this shows that everything we thought about obama's financial advantages is not applicable to this race and it's crazy for democrats to think about. >> but in addition to that, there's two important things to remember as well. the first thing is that there are certain advantages of being the incumbent. and i think the president knows that as long as you keep the money game -- as long as you keep the money game close, that the power of the incumbency will inherently give him things that mitt romney won't have going into this campaign race. i think the second thing is, as we saw, there was an e-mail blasted out saying, we got beat. they're going to use this as a rallying call to the base, to other donors, basically saying, we need you to step up now. because if $60 million is getting beat, i think this is -- they're going to use this as much as they can to try to build up as much cash and capital right now. >> and michael steele, as a guy who's run the rnc and had to go out and beat the bushes, how impressed were
so some of the money mitt romney raised can't go to his presidential race, but this shows that everything we thought about obama's financial advantages is not applicable to this race and it's crazy for democrats to think about. >> but in addition to that, there's two important things to remember as well. the first thing is that there are certain advantages of being the incumbent. and i think the president knows that as long as you keep the money game -- as long as you keep the money game...
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the prime minister and obama meet yesterday. the presidential candidates today. >> it's a big set, but you don't need to yell. >> yeah, you don't have to yell. i'm trying to bring up the individual mandate in the "usa today." and i'm also trying to talk about his 2006 human events where he talks about his health care plan in massachusetts, quote, changing the national paradigm. >> it's not a fair fight. >> but you don't want to talk about it. you want to talk about iran instead. and that's smart. >> it will probably be one of the defining issues of this election, iran. iran. iran. and i just think we should focus on the issues. we should focus on the issues du jour. >> it's kind of embarrassing, isn't it? he goes out there and says, i never said what i said. >> well -- >> very good. >> mika has an op-ed she wants to focus on. >> i do. it's on romney's piece in "the washington post." >> he doesn't want to talk about the individual mandate. >> he doesn't. >> that it lacks strategic vision. but we'll read it later. >> that was a te
the prime minister and obama meet yesterday. the presidential candidates today. >> it's a big set, but you don't need to yell. >> yeah, you don't have to yell. i'm trying to bring up the individual mandate in the "usa today." and i'm also trying to talk about his 2006 human events where he talks about his health care plan in massachusetts, quote, changing the national paradigm. >> it's not a fair fight. >> but you don't want to talk about it. you want to talk...
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the people who vote in presidential elections, the people who decide them are ordinary americans. if you're in a 43-point hole, you don't have a prayer. >> they can't like those battleground state polls they're waking up to this morning. about a month and a half till election day. time to get going if you're the romney campaign. mike allen in boston, thanks. >> 47 days. >>> another day, another extra inning, victory for the baltimore orioles. you cannot stop this team. one night after their 18-inning marathon, extras again in seattle. highlights ahead in sports. >>> you know who would be great in florida. >> who's that? >> joe. >> joe. >> exactly. exactly. >> do they allow write-ins down there? >> they would not allow me on their ballot. >> i think anybody should be written in anywhere. that's just freedom. that's just freedom. >> can i ask you, why do the leaders of south carolina hate freedom so much? >> they love freedom, joe. that's why we fought a civil war. >> then why aren't you on the ballot? >> hey, guys, it's hope solo. i just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. here's
the people who vote in presidential elections, the people who decide them are ordinary americans. if you're in a 43-point hole, you don't have a prayer. >> they can't like those battleground state polls they're waking up to this morning. about a month and a half till election day. time to get going if you're the romney campaign. mike allen in boston, thanks. >> 47 days. >>> another day, another extra inning, victory for the baltimore orioles. you cannot stop this team. one...
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obama now leads romney by four points in wisconsin. republican has not won wisconsin in a presidential race since reagan in '84. okay. you saw mitt romney with the dry erase board and -- >> and the prison yard. >> and the prison. was anyone there? >> we don't know because the way it was set up. there we go. i don't know. the prison yard, seriously. >> it's the cactus, i like that. >> where is -- where is -- >> question from reporters on the issue of the candidate's personal taxes and once again became the focal point of the questions. especially around senator -- >> let's not talk about -- >> the former massachusetts governor may not have paid taxes for a decade. >> i just have to say, given the challenges that america faces, 23 million people out of work, iran about to become nuclear, one out of six americans in poverty, the fascination with taxes i paid i found to be very small mindedompared to the broad issues we face. i did go back and look at my taxes and over the past ten years, i never paid less than 13%. i think the most recent
obama now leads romney by four points in wisconsin. republican has not won wisconsin in a presidential race since reagan in '84. okay. you saw mitt romney with the dry erase board and -- >> and the prison yard. >> and the prison. was anyone there? >> we don't know because the way it was set up. there we go. i don't know. the prison yard, seriously. >> it's the cactus, i like that. >> where is -- where is -- >> question from reporters on the issue of the...
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florida's too close to call. >> pennsylvania has been held by president obama. >> so far, not exactly the way the night that i think that mitt romney would hope for. >> ohio, president barack obama. remains president of the united states for a second term. >> the romney family has chosen to give back two americans to public service. and that is the legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. >> i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader and so ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. thank you and god bless america! >>> still to come on "morning joe," our conversation with investing icon and ceo of berkshire hathaway, warren buffett. and later, we're joined by former secretary of state, madeleine albright and the host of msnbc's "hardball," chris matthews. [ male announcer ] feeling like a shadow of your former self? c'mon, michael! get in the game!
florida's too close to call. >> pennsylvania has been held by president obama. >> so far, not exactly the way the night that i think that mitt romney would hope for. >> ohio, president barack obama. remains president of the united states for a second term. >> the romney family has chosen to give back two americans to public service. and that is the legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. >> i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country...
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. >> president obama leads romney by 10 percentage points in ohio. no republican has lost and then won the presidency. the president is up nine points in florida and has opened up a 12-point lead in pennsylvania. in the same poll, president obama leads mitt romney in his handling of the economy in all three states. 51% of polled voters say the president would do the better job. >> okay, let's go back to the last slide, guys. and mark halperin, let's talk to you. i know you agree with me that the media is liberal. guess what? republicans have somehow managed to win despite that media liberal bias. you've said it repeatedly on this show. so despite that fact, mitt romney is not getting crushed in all three of these states because of the liberal media bias. what's happening there, and why is he losing so badly, especially in ohio? >> well, it's very unlikely the president will win those states by those margins, but these numbers are not out of line dramatically with private polling and some other public polling. i think the biggest problem right now rem
. >> president obama leads romney by 10 percentage points in ohio. no republican has lost and then won the presidency. the president is up nine points in florida and has opened up a 12-point lead in pennsylvania. in the same poll, president obama leads mitt romney in his handling of the economy in all three states. 51% of polled voters say the president would do the better job. >> okay, let's go back to the last slide, guys. and mark halperin, let's talk to you. i know you agree...
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now, president obama won -- >> the presidential primary? >> the presidential primary. >> excuse me, he is serving time in texas and won in west virginia. 59% went to the president of the united states. 49% went to an inmate in texas. >> and he pulled a few counties. >> he did. 10 of the state's 55 counties went to that gentleman, keith judd. >> now, hillary won west virginia -- >> by 41 points. >> after the race was over, by the way. >> after the race was over. so, ed, does barack obama put west virginia in the undecided column? >> i wouldn't spend a lot of time there. but you can't always judge those type of elections. mayor nutter in philadelphia, he's done a good job, very popular. in the primary, he ran against a guy who had just gotten out of federal prison and who owed $500,000 in back taxes. that guy got 26% of the vote. >> how does that happen? >> but the mayor wins big in the general election. >> but west virginia is one of those weird states. west virginia used to be a solid democratic state. it's going more republican. >> we hadn
now, president obama won -- >> the presidential primary? >> the presidential primary. >> excuse me, he is serving time in texas and won in west virginia. 59% went to the president of the united states. 49% went to an inmate in texas. >> and he pulled a few counties. >> he did. 10 of the state's 55 counties went to that gentleman, keith judd. >> now, hillary won west virginia -- >> by 41 points. >> after the race was over, by the way. >>...
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is president obama losing his edge among women? that's one of the stories in the "politico playbook." first bill karins with the latest on hurricane sandy. >> good morning. if you want to know the latest on sandy, the trend was a little further to the south, a little more impact for areas like virginia, delaware and maryland and maybe a little less impact in northern new england. first things first, the hurricane is only about 150 miles due east of west palm beach this morning. florida's going to get brushed by the storm. periods of rain, gusty winds and definitely huge waves. you can look at the storm. it does not look much like a hurricane. you're going to hear the word "hybrid" a lot over the next three to four days. if it sucks in that cooler, drier air on the southern side, it will probably become an extra tropical or hybrid storm this weekend. here's the forecast from the hurricane center. of course, it parallels the southeast coast. what a lot of people are focusing on is where it makes landfall. i'm not so concerned with la
is president obama losing his edge among women? that's one of the stories in the "politico playbook." first bill karins with the latest on hurricane sandy. >> good morning. if you want to know the latest on sandy, the trend was a little further to the south, a little more impact for areas like virginia, delaware and maryland and maybe a little less impact in northern new england. first things first, the hurricane is only about 150 miles due east of west palm beach this morning....
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that's what the romney campaign doing and what the obama campaign did with the i want the fire people remark. >> joining us from capitol hill, democratic senator of illinois and senate majority whip dick durbin. >> a man who supports hard work, the american flag and small business owners across the state of illinois. >> and apple pie. >> i wanted to ask you really quickly about the newnew news/"the new york times" poll but to figure this out, favorability rating's at 36%. unfavorability at 48%. senator, what's going on there? is this -- is it all anchored in some poor economic reports? >> i think that has a lot to do with it. i think that you could take a look at polls that show that the president is favored by most people when it comes to a comparison with mitt romney. you also find the trust and likability quotient is high for the president and we know are major elements in a campaign. over the next three and a half months there's a half dozen issues emerge we can't identify today and they make the difference for the 3% or 4% to decide the election. >> so the headlines out yesterday
that's what the romney campaign doing and what the obama campaign did with the i want the fire people remark. >> joining us from capitol hill, democratic senator of illinois and senate majority whip dick durbin. >> a man who supports hard work, the american flag and small business owners across the state of illinois. >> and apple pie. >> i wanted to ask you really quickly about the newnew news/"the new york times" poll but to figure this out, favorability...
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that's when president obama doesn't have a flag pin. i got off the air at 2:30 and at 2:31 i got a call from david axelrod who said nobody in chicago thought that was funny. >> and did you say, nobody in philadelphia cares, david. >> i said, david, you guys have to have a sense of humor, you'll never make it to november. they never got a sense of humor and they made it just fine. >> i was on the air with ed in 2000, i guess, and it was the recount, a pivotal moment at the recount and i remember ed saying it was over. i guess we were on "hardball" and had six boxes like brady bunch and everybody got so angry at ed for saying the truth. everybody knew it was the truth. and they're like what in the world is the dnc giving up for? you're not giving up, you're just like, this is over. >> you know, joe, that is part of the reason for governor rendell's success. part of the reason why you should read the book if you're aspiring to understand american life and he was mayor of philadelphia, governor of pennsylvania and when you do that, when you
that's when president obama doesn't have a flag pin. i got off the air at 2:30 and at 2:31 i got a call from david axelrod who said nobody in chicago thought that was funny. >> and did you say, nobody in philadelphia cares, david. >> i said, david, you guys have to have a sense of humor, you'll never make it to november. they never got a sense of humor and they made it just fine. >> i was on the air with ed in 2000, i guess, and it was the recount, a pivotal moment at the...
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in the last presidential race, those three debates between mccain and obama, three presidential debates, the word poor or poverty doesn't come up one time. obama doesn't say it, mccain doesn't say, sadly the moderators didn't ask about it. if we don't raise the issue this time around, these one and two americans who are in or near poverty are going to be invisible. >> i was looking at the number of the new poor, how they've risen in the past few years, it's an issue gripping this country, especially given the economy and the unemployment rate. are any of the republican candidates addressing this in any real, sincere way? >> no, i don't think so. i think tavis and i are fundamentally committed to the fact that poor people are precious and priceless like anyone else. they are not given a priority. in fact, it's fairly clear big money is in the driver's seat. i think supreme court ought to be ashamed of itself. politicians come through, big money, big business, big corporations are actually running things. occupy movement is right about that. and all we're saying in the legacy of martin lu
in the last presidential race, those three debates between mccain and obama, three presidential debates, the word poor or poverty doesn't come up one time. obama doesn't say it, mccain doesn't say, sadly the moderators didn't ask about it. if we don't raise the issue this time around, these one and two americans who are in or near poverty are going to be invisible. >> i was looking at the number of the new poor, how they've risen in the past few years, it's an issue gripping this country,...
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taken as a whole, president obama tops all four republican presidential candidates in those swing states. new polling shows on average the president leads mitt romney by eight points in those ten states. the president leads rick santorum and ron paul by double digits and newt gingrich trails by the president by 20 points. >> wow. >> but when you look at ohio separately, the two republican front-runners come out on top. president obama falls six points behind romney and three points behind santorum. according to the latest cnn opinion research poll, president obama leads the gop field nationally. the president gets over 50% support against each republican candidate. when asked which social class the top candidates favor, most people said rick santorum and barack obama are most concerned with the middle class, 32% say barack obama favors the poor, 65% say mitt romney favors the rich. in case you're asking. >> well -- well, that's fascinating. >> why is it fascinating? are you surprised by those numbers? in any way, shape, or form? >> no, i'm not. it's fascinating because the republican par
taken as a whole, president obama tops all four republican presidential candidates in those swing states. new polling shows on average the president leads mitt romney by eight points in those ten states. the president leads rick santorum and ron paul by double digits and newt gingrich trails by the president by 20 points. >> wow. >> but when you look at ohio separately, the two republican front-runners come out on top. president obama falls six points behind romney and three points...
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. >> i think all presidential nominees have a genetic disorder. >> there is sort of -- >> it could be learned. >> but they're not like us, let's not pretend. it is different. >> speaking of genes -- >> to me, it's a really interesting historical question why these folks choose this business and do pretty well but got the natural kind of tragic limit. >> yeah, it does. so, gene, what about this point about the president not scheduling any meetings with foreign leaders? obviously the polar opposite of the guy we're interviewing next hour, bill clinton. >> well, you know, i think there are two possibilities. and i'm not sure i buy either one. one is that it is strictly a political decision not to make news. but, you know, the other is that there's nothing to talk about. and clearly, there's a lot to talk about, right? with, you know, you could talk over like the arab spring and afghanistan and this and that with a bunch of leaders, not to mention the world economic crisis. so i do think it's odd that there are no bilaterals, there usually are bilaterals. and they have potential for going
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republican presidential nominee mitt romney says he welcomes the obama administration's move to expel syrian diplomats, but he says that doesn't nearly go far enough. in a statement, romney writes in part, quote, president obama's lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis that has watched assad slater 10,000 individuals. we should increase pressure on russia to cease selling arms to the syrian government and to end its obstruction at the u.n. and we should work with partners to arm the opposition so they can defend themselves. so it jumps into the political arena. >> well, and we will talk later on exactly how mitt romney would tell vladimir putin to back off. i don't think that's going to happen. their last client state in the middle east. but richard haass, you look at the diplomats being expelled. you look at the horrific images coming out of syria. and i don't know if assad thinks he's his father and he can reduce one town to rubble and scare the rest of the countryside. but this has spread. this virus has spread. and it's all over his country. there is nothing -- t
republican presidential nominee mitt romney says he welcomes the obama administration's move to expel syrian diplomats, but he says that doesn't nearly go far enough. in a statement, romney writes in part, quote, president obama's lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis that has watched assad slater 10,000 individuals. we should increase pressure on russia to cease selling arms to the syrian government and to end its obstruction at the u.n. and we should work with partners to...
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in the presidential race. at the end of january, mitt romney raised almost $63 million. 90% came from donations of $200 or more. but president obama surpasses romney's fund raising by over $40 million. 60% of the president's campaign cash comes from donations of less than $200. >> how much did the president raise? 60 -- what is it? $106 million. >> but the money in the presidential race are coming from super pacs, which are funded by a select few. according to the federal election commission, 25% of all the super pac money in the past year comes from just five wealthy donors. the biggest spenders of the five are harold simmons, sheldon adelson. simmons has given over $15 million to various independents and carl rove. adelson and his wife have donated $10 million to a super pac aiding newt gingrich. john rogers, a close friend of president obama who donated $2.6 million to a pro-obama super pac. >> right. and trust me, jeffrey knows this, they're talking about the gop, but now that the president has released th
in the presidential race. at the end of january, mitt romney raised almost $63 million. 90% came from donations of $200 or more. but president obama surpasses romney's fund raising by over $40 million. 60% of the president's campaign cash comes from donations of less than $200. >> how much did the president raise? 60 -- what is it? $106 million. >> but the money in the presidential race are coming from super pacs, which are funded by a select few. according to the federal election...
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okay, obama has to be wrong. what were the words in the presidential statement that we can attack. that's just their first instinct. >> chuck todd, i guess sort of the same question to you with regard to the mechanics in the white house over the past 12 hours and the increasingly tense relationship between the president of united states and netanyahu in this cascading scale of events in the middle east. >> it's like how much do you lump together and how much do you separate. yesterday before the protests escalated with the death of and on duty ambassador in libya, you had this back and forth between netanyahu and the president, netanyahu claiming he was snubbed, israelis when they were in new york for the opening of the general assembly, that he wasn't getting a meeting with the president, he didn't understand why. then they had a patch it up phone call last night where the white house said there was no invitation ever asked for, nor extended, nor denied. they won't be in new york at the same time. what's fascinating is this morning the lead story in the jerusalem post is from the
okay, obama has to be wrong. what were the words in the presidential statement that we can attack. that's just their first instinct. >> chuck todd, i guess sort of the same question to you with regard to the mechanics in the white house over the past 12 hours and the increasingly tense relationship between the president of united states and netanyahu in this cascading scale of events in the middle east. >> it's like how much do you lump together and how much do you separate....
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former presidential candidate newt gingrich and senior obama adviser david axelrod were asked if obama should have called out romney if he thought his opponent was being dishonest. >> the president of the united states had 90 minutes. now, if he had done his homework, if he had actually prepared, if he had actually studied romney, why didn't he say it? why didn't he take romney head on? first of all, the charge on the tax cuts is just plain wrong and i think virtually every analyst has said, and even your deputy campaign manager said the charge is wrong. but forgetting that for a second, the job of the president is supposed to be to be confident and to be able to stand up for what he believes in and to be able to articulate what's wrong. mitt romney walked over him. >> i will be honest with you, i think he was a little taken aback at the brazenness with which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on which he's run, walked away from his record. and that's something we'll have to make an adjustment for. it takes a certain, as president clinton would say, it takes a ce
former presidential candidate newt gingrich and senior obama adviser david axelrod were asked if obama should have called out romney if he thought his opponent was being dishonest. >> the president of the united states had 90 minutes. now, if he had done his homework, if he had actually prepared, if he had actually studied romney, why didn't he say it? why didn't he take romney head on? first of all, the charge on the tax cuts is just plain wrong and i think virtually every analyst has...
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daniel writes inside one presidential term barack obama's old world of hope and change has been disrupted. yes, there was a time when one could pretend economic reality arrived in some macked future. not unlike the social security or medicare illusion. someone will pay for it. someone will hire me when i zeed to work after i've made the transition from liberal to whatever comes after that. that's the way the youth vote thought through the '60s, hope and change was this generation's woodstock. but the youth vote this time comes down to one thing. is this candidate going to plug me in to the new american world or not? donny? what do you think? >> i think at the end of the day, the youth vote has nowhere else to go. obviously hope didn't happen and change didn't happen. you have not only a rich candidate, a wall street rich candidate who maybe doesn't pay the same kind of taxes you and i do, who has offshore accounts and who's not a likable guy. the youth begrudgingly have nowhere else to go. it's that simple. >> that's assuming they go and vote. the youth don't -- traditionally vote. >> don
daniel writes inside one presidential term barack obama's old world of hope and change has been disrupted. yes, there was a time when one could pretend economic reality arrived in some macked future. not unlike the social security or medicare illusion. someone will pay for it. someone will hire me when i zeed to work after i've made the transition from liberal to whatever comes after that. that's the way the youth vote thought through the '60s, hope and change was this generation's woodstock....
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louis, president obama came out to throw the first pitch. he's got the sox thing on. not terrible. he got it there. he got it there. >> it's nerve-racking! >> here's president obama talking to simmons about how tough it is to throw out that first pitch. >> stop it right now. >> you're throwing the first pitch in front of like 60,000 people, obviously wearing a big bulletproof vest under your -- >> i always give credit when i think about george bush and the pitch he threw right after 9/11. unbelievable pitch, right down the middle. huge credit for that. >> president giving credit to president bush for this pitch in 2001. remember the world series. yankee stadium, right after 9/11, walks out there with the flak jacket underneath. >> look at that. right over! right over the plate? >> throws a dart down the middle. some common ground for president obama and president bush. >> look at that, look at that, just casual. and i remember he takes the elbow back. for the president, back here, take it back, and then just follow through. just like -- not like -- you've got to step back -- >> oka
louis, president obama came out to throw the first pitch. he's got the sox thing on. not terrible. he got it there. he got it there. >> it's nerve-racking! >> here's president obama talking to simmons about how tough it is to throw out that first pitch. >> stop it right now. >> you're throwing the first pitch in front of like 60,000 people, obviously wearing a big bulletproof vest under your -- >> i always give credit when i think about george bush and the pitch he...
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what does obama baloney look like? the whole left wing. it used to be pious baloney. but now it's unionized baloney. the schools ought to pay local students to take care of the schools. >> did you owe half a million dollars to a jewelry company at one point? >> we had a revolving fund. >> what does that mean? >> that we have a resolving fund. >> you're an embarrassment to our party. >> i'm sorry you feel that way. >> why don't you get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself? >> i'm sorry you feel that way. ♪ my heart will go on and on >> there you have it. as everyone who watches this show knows, those farewells that we do for each candidate as they leave the race are nothing more than a reason for me to get celine dion's "titanic" theme into the show. >>> coming up, brian schweitzer will join us. also, political analyst, the great cokie roberts joining us on "morning joe." we'll be right back. havi ng a n irregular heartbeat havi called atrial fibrillation ng a puts you at 5 times greater risk of stroke. don't wait. go to afibstroke.com for a free discussion
what does obama baloney look like? the whole left wing. it used to be pious baloney. but now it's unionized baloney. the schools ought to pay local students to take care of the schools. >> did you owe half a million dollars to a jewelry company at one point? >> we had a revolving fund. >> what does that mean? >> that we have a resolving fund. >> you're an embarrassment to our party. >> i'm sorry you feel that way. >> why don't you get out before you...
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>> because president obama doesn't particularly want an attack of iran during this presidential campaign and netanyahu needs the united states as an ally to do anything that he needs to do. you know, the conventional wisdom -- and i don't know it's true, is that the window is closing on how soon israel can act. and if that window closes, then the only people who can act are the united states. >> and you have another story, the question is, showing a picture of mitt and ann romney. the question is, why is this man smiling? why is he smiling? >> we went a little ahead. the question is really how damaged is governor romney? and what does it mean for the general election campaign? is he so damaged with women? is he so damaged with independents that he's squandered some advantages that he has? >> and then you have a picture -- a very fascinating picture we're going to zoom in on. >> you say okay. >> this is rick santorum. but the story is called -- >> did you see the little one, joe, of him in college with the beard? >> that's really interesting. those two photos. that says a lot. >> that is
>> because president obama doesn't particularly want an attack of iran during this presidential campaign and netanyahu needs the united states as an ally to do anything that he needs to do. you know, the conventional wisdom -- and i don't know it's true, is that the window is closing on how soon israel can act. and if that window closes, then the only people who can act are the united states. >> and you have another story, the question is, showing a picture of mitt and ann romney....
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according to exit polls, wisconsin voters preferred president obama over mitt romney 51% to 44%. more voters say president obama is better suited to improve the economy. and when asked who is better at helping the middle class, voters favored the president by 9%. although the democrats lost elections on the state level, the obama campaign says republicans should be worried come this november. obama senior adviser david axelrod tweeted this. quote, bad night in boston. wisconsin raises big questions for mitt. but mitt romney disagreed with that, tweeting back, or tweeting, i congratulate scott walker on his victory in wisconsin. tonight's results will echo beyond the borders of wisconsin. will they? >> interesting thing we haven't talked about here. this last senate race that the votes haven't been counted in, if the republicans lose that race, walker's agenda is essentially done. because then the senate is controlled by democrats and they are never going to support any of the radical right agenda. so this election is not over yet. and the democrats actually can claim legitimate v
according to exit polls, wisconsin voters preferred president obama over mitt romney 51% to 44%. more voters say president obama is better suited to improve the economy. and when asked who is better at helping the middle class, voters favored the president by 9%. although the democrats lost elections on the state level, the obama campaign says republicans should be worried come this november. obama senior adviser david axelrod tweeted this. quote, bad night in boston. wisconsin raises big...
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. >>> let's swing to presidential elections now. with just four days to go, president obama is focusing on, where else? where do you think he went? ohio. he's making stops there every day between now and tuesday. he'll also be in virginia, florida, new hampshire, iowa, colorado and wisconsin over the next 96 hours. mitt romney will be in many of those same states over the next four days, although he's hitting pennsylvania and skipping florida. president obama was back on the trail yesterday after a three-day break to oversee the storm recovery. rallying to a crowd of 10,000 in colorado. the president made what some are saying was a jab at his opponent's tendency to change his mind. >> after four years as president, you know me by now. you know me. you may not agree with every decision that i've made. you may be frustrated at the pace of change. i always remind people that when we did the auto bailout, only 10% of the country approved of it. including, by the way, folks in michigan and ohio. but you know what i believe. you know wher
. >>> let's swing to presidential elections now. with just four days to go, president obama is focusing on, where else? where do you think he went? ohio. he's making stops there every day between now and tuesday. he'll also be in virginia, florida, new hampshire, iowa, colorado and wisconsin over the next 96 hours. mitt romney will be in many of those same states over the next four days, although he's hitting pennsylvania and skipping florida. president obama was back on the trail...
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when asked their opinion of the two presidential candidates, mitt romney's closing the gap on obama with 50% of voters having a favorable view of the massachusetts governor. let's stop right there. my god. and, andrea, we've been talking about this for a long time. the gop primary often was a freak show. it was a reality show. it damaged the republican brand. look how quickly those numbers have changed. >> yeah. >> and they've changed because republicans are getting in line, whether they like romney or not. they are getting in line behind their candidate. >> they are getting in line behind their candidate and it's hard to tell because it's because they really like him or they really don't like the president, but the party is coming together, and those numbers on the economy tell you everything you need to know as to why the romney campaign was so determined to get back on the economic news and get away from gay marriage and other issues. >> a double-digit lead almost. nine points on the economy. and, of course, "the new york times" and a lot of people in washington and new york have been
when asked their opinion of the two presidential candidates, mitt romney's closing the gap on obama with 50% of voters having a favorable view of the massachusetts governor. let's stop right there. my god. and, andrea, we've been talking about this for a long time. the gop primary often was a freak show. it was a reality show. it damaged the republican brand. look how quickly those numbers have changed. >> yeah. >> and they've changed because republicans are getting in line, whether...
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. >>> president obama tapping senator kerry to help him with debate rehearsals. the 2004 democratic presidential nominee will play the role of governor mitt romney in mock debates. >> now that i know john kerry will be debating president obama, i have no choice, but to throw my full support behind john kerry. what's more, john kerry is a war hero. meanwhi meanwhile, obama, avoided the vietnam draft with a letter from his family doctor diagnosing him as medically 8. for shame, sir. >> with us now the chief white house correspondent for politico, mike allen, here with the morning playbook. first of all, let's go back to the last story, marco rubio, vetted or not? >> not vetted. they're vetting him now, of course. and al is right they should have given him the courtesy vet. but they had not asked him for financial documents, not asked him to fill out a questionnaire as jonathan carl reported. >> this is fascinating. politico reporting today, if things keep going as they are, tim pawlenty is at the front of the bus to be selected vice president. >> he has great karma
. >>> president obama tapping senator kerry to help him with debate rehearsals. the 2004 democratic presidential nominee will play the role of governor mitt romney in mock debates. >> now that i know john kerry will be debating president obama, i have no choice, but to throw my full support behind john kerry. what's more, john kerry is a war hero. meanwhi meanwhile, obama, avoided the vietnam draft with a letter from his family doctor diagnosing him as medically 8. for shame,...
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of error, but president obama had a slight lead over john kerry every time. what we've learned is that every poll is not wrong. and ever since the democratic convention, all these polls have shown a consistent story, which is a little bit of a glacial melt in this tied race, just a slight edge to the president nationally. and, most importantly, as you point out, a notable edge for the president in ohio. private republican polls in ohio. and they've got to win if he's going to be president show a notable move to the president. republicans very worried about it. some private polls show as much as an eight-point presidential advantage in ohio. it's not that much, but that tells you what's in the mind of republican media buyers or republican strategists. they're panicked about ohio, they think that more and more news organizations are going to move ohio to lean obama -- the consequences of that are dramatic. >> you know, last night, willie, a lot of -- not a lot, but some conservative outlets were suggesting that some of these polls were skewed. romney's own peop
of error, but president obama had a slight lead over john kerry every time. what we've learned is that every poll is not wrong. and ever since the democratic convention, all these polls have shown a consistent story, which is a little bit of a glacial melt in this tied race, just a slight edge to the president nationally. and, most importantly, as you point out, a notable edge for the president in ohio. private republican polls in ohio. and they've got to win if he's going to be president show...
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the democratic presidential candidate in 2008. what a difference four years makes. artur recently announced his switch from democrat to republican. and is now taking on president obama and his policies. artur davis joins us now. >> thank you for having me. >> wow. >> because can i say it's the most people have ever seen that speech. >> i saw the speech. what's it like to see that speech given the fact that you made such a big change in your life in terms of your political affiliation? i mean what do those words mean to you now? >> you know, two things. millions of people have done the same thing that i did, which is to leave the democratic party. millions of people who voted for president obama four years ago indicate they don't plan to do that again. look, i'm proud of most of the time i spent in the democratic party. i'm proud of the career i had in public service. but there's a virtue in being on the sidelines and, you know, harold could probably testify to this too, when you're out of political office, the one great thing abou
the democratic presidential candidate in 2008. what a difference four years makes. artur recently announced his switch from democrat to republican. and is now taking on president obama and his policies. artur davis joins us now. >> thank you for having me. >> wow. >> because can i say it's the most people have ever seen that speech. >> i saw the speech. what's it like to see that speech given the fact that you made such a big change in your life in terms of your...
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republican presidential politics. meaning that the conversation that's being head is turning off independents in a way that is benefitting the president, joe. >> well, and steve rattner, just listening to congressman cantor's comments about mitt romney being great for the economy. you pointed out earlier, you don't know his plan. paul krugman had a piece this weekend saying all four are phonies. it does seem that the president has the wind at his back when it comes to the economy because there are some indicators showing that things are moving forward. it doesn't seem like there's an alternative, at least. >> well, the economy is getting stronger. and as joe said earlier, it does seem unlikely at this point there'll be a double dip. unemployment will probably be above 8%, but trending the right way. the point i was trying to make is the republican plan is not a plan for growth by any traditional economist measure. it's a plan to shrink government, a plan to do a lot of things, but it's not a plan that i don't think th
republican presidential politics. meaning that the conversation that's being head is turning off independents in a way that is benefitting the president, joe. >> well, and steve rattner, just listening to congressman cantor's comments about mitt romney being great for the economy. you pointed out earlier, you don't know his plan. paul krugman had a piece this weekend saying all four are phonies. it does seem that the president has the wind at his back when it comes to the economy because...
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by the end of the debate, obama looked small, uncertain, it was romney with the presidential look. after a failed presidential term, so failed that obama barely even bothers to make the case, preferring to blame everything on his predecessor hinge almost entirely on whether the challenger can meet the threshold of acceptablibility. romney trushed the threshold on wednesday night. >> donny, you're shaking your head yes. >> interesting thought on how you can understand this could happen. in my mind, i think i was the smartest guy in advertising. and if all of a sudden i'm on stage with a guy who's got a small advertising agency -- >> by the way, nobody challenged you for four years in a row. >> and i now -- he's describing his media strategy. it's like, what? i'm going to talk to -- like you can see the psychology behind it. if you're going up against a guy who has a little public access talk show and you have to go one on one, it's like you can't help but go, i don't deserve to be doing this. now, unfortunately, you've got to, and that's what happened to the guy. >> it is human natu
by the end of the debate, obama looked small, uncertain, it was romney with the presidential look. after a failed presidential term, so failed that obama barely even bothers to make the case, preferring to blame everything on his predecessor hinge almost entirely on whether the challenger can meet the threshold of acceptablibility. romney trushed the threshold on wednesday night. >> donny, you're shaking your head yes. >> interesting thought on how you can understand this could...
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now to the presidential race with positive news for president obama. according to a new cnn research poll, the president now tops romney by 11 points and santorum. they trail the president when it comes to favorability ratings. romney is upside down by 12 points and santorum by 7. romney's unfavorable number is still higher having gone up every time cnn measured the numbers last spring. >> okay. i want you to keep this full screen up and look at the middle number. mitt romney, who has long argued that he is the most selectable and party leaders have long argued would do the best in the general election because he's not a radical reactionary now has faf built ratings that are now net minus 12. howard dean, you don't find a presidential candidate in that position. whenever people would ask me, well, why can't sarah palin be present a year and a half ago, two year ago, look at the favorability ratings. >> the same with newt. they were so bad that that rarely turns around. >> there's another problem with these numbers. not these particular numbers. the net
now to the presidential race with positive news for president obama. according to a new cnn research poll, the president now tops romney by 11 points and santorum. they trail the president when it comes to favorability ratings. romney is upside down by 12 points and santorum by 7. romney's unfavorable number is still higher having gone up every time cnn measured the numbers last spring. >> okay. i want you to keep this full screen up and look at the middle number. mitt romney, who has...
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the three more quarters, you have a vice presidential debate and two other debates. unlike football, they're not all weighted the same. if you're on barack obama's team, you think people pay attention more to debate two and three and how great is it for barack obama if you want to look at this positively. he's the underdog now. the president of the united states is now the underdog, and now if he shows up, he speaks in complete sentences. >> having said that, one thing joe you wrote yesterday in politico i thought was right on the money -- >> by the way, when i write politico donny takes it home. >> i do times square and do responsive reading with an audience. >> okay. >> like a high holy day. we have never seen obama having to fight. we've always seen him gliding aalong the top. it's always kind of when wind at his back. i use the world gerstalt but what we really see about this guy, can he counterpunch? we've never seen him in the position. you've been called out. what do you got? we're going to see it -- you're really going to see what's in that here. >> this is s
the three more quarters, you have a vice presidential debate and two other debates. unlike football, they're not all weighted the same. if you're on barack obama's team, you think people pay attention more to debate two and three and how great is it for barack obama if you want to look at this positively. he's the underdog now. the president of the united states is now the underdog, and now if he shows up, he speaks in complete sentences. >> having said that, one thing joe you wrote...
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here's what he found. >> who's funnier, romney or obama? barack obama working the big rooms where it's easy to get the big response. >> i am releasing my official birth video. >> boom! he's killing! literally actually during that speech, as it was taking place, around the same time the s.e.a.l. team six team was taking out osama bin laden. that's true. meanwhile, romney working the smaller venues, dealing with small crowds like this appearance before a group of out of work voters. >> i should tell my story. i am also unemployed. >> you don't want to heckle your audience. [ laughter ] lately, obama has been a little off his game comediwise. >> with a role like that, i guess it was worth crying over spilled milk. >> so in the final analysis, i'm going to give the edge in being funny to mitt romney. and do you know why? because for him comedy is not just a pastime. it's a passion. >> i live for laughter. i mean -- >> so the edge goes to romney because he lives for laughter. unless there was a piece of videotape somewhere, improbable, of him sa
here's what he found. >> who's funnier, romney or obama? barack obama working the big rooms where it's easy to get the big response. >> i am releasing my official birth video. >> boom! he's killing! literally actually during that speech, as it was taking place, around the same time the s.e.a.l. team six team was taking out osama bin laden. that's true. meanwhile, romney working the smaller venues, dealing with small crowds like this appearance before a group of out of work...
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but also, you know, going after, quote, obama care and saying that he would be better for african-americans than the actual african-american president, who's sitting in the oval office and getting booed and pushing back on those boos, plays well for his crowd, for the republican party base, pp today there's a story in "the new york times" about how the conservative base wants mitt romney to push back and to fight back harder. this is a sign that mitt romney isn't afraid to fight. but, you know, to talk about those -- to talk about those boos for a moment, yes, mitt romney did get booed and in one of the clips you showed he was applauded throughout that speech for some things that he said, but more importantly, at the end of the speech, when he said, you know, god bless and god bless you, he got a standing ovation from people in the crowd and i think that needs to be put out there because while african-americans booed mitt romney during that speech, the fact that a republican nominee for president from a party that african-americans feels either talks down to them or scapegoats them on the n
but also, you know, going after, quote, obama care and saying that he would be better for african-americans than the actual african-american president, who's sitting in the oval office and getting booed and pushing back on those boos, plays well for his crowd, for the republican party base, pp today there's a story in "the new york times" about how the conservative base wants mitt romney to push back and to fight back harder. this is a sign that mitt romney isn't afraid to fight. but,...
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romney and ryan face the possibility that before the convention, obama and the democrats will define ryan's budget and in particular his changes to medicare, so negatively, that the damage will be long-lasting. that's why romney's campaign has moved quickly to blunt the medicare attacks but this fight is just starting which is what makes these weeks a defining moment in the campaign. jonathan capehart? >> i think, you know, dan is right. this is what we've been talking about since paul ryan's selection. particularly what you guys have been talking about. you know the battle is joined and medicare, social security, medicaid, they've all been known as a third rail of american politics and what mitt romney did by choosing paul ryan is just grab hold of it with both hands and feet and say come on, let's have this conversation. let's have this debate. the problem is that the top of the ticket and the number two on the ticket ryan and romney, or romney and ryan, haven't had a chance to actually mesh what their overall message is. as i said before, paul ryan knows what he thinks about these
romney and ryan face the possibility that before the convention, obama and the democrats will define ryan's budget and in particular his changes to medicare, so negatively, that the damage will be long-lasting. that's why romney's campaign has moved quickly to blunt the medicare attacks but this fight is just starting which is what makes these weeks a defining moment in the campaign. jonathan capehart? >> i think, you know, dan is right. this is what we've been talking about since paul...
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also in virginia, president obama is leading mitt romney 49% to 45%. 49%, 45%. everything's up for grabs right now in virginia. what's going to make the difference? >> it's been a long leg, the last ten year, nowhere in presidential elections now. now we're at ground zero. i think the presidential going to win. it's going to be tight. i think one of the areas that hurt governor mccain earlier, i agree, we can pick up a lot of votes from the 2008, veterans, and military families. this president is devoted to these folks. virginia the first. >> governor, is the u.s. economy better that you have than it was four years ago? >> if you're a chrysler worker in belvidere, illinois, 200 four years ago and now 4,000, the president's done a great job. mark just said about hiring veterans. the president and first lady led the charge of americans making sure we hired those who served their country in afghanistan and iraq. it's our duty on the homefront to make sure we take care of those who have borne the battle and president obama i think has ban great commander in chief an
also in virginia, president obama is leading mitt romney 49% to 45%. 49%, 45%. everything's up for grabs right now in virginia. what's going to make the difference? >> it's been a long leg, the last ten year, nowhere in presidential elections now. now we're at ground zero. i think the presidential going to win. it's going to be tight. i think one of the areas that hurt governor mccain earlier, i agree, we can pick up a lot of votes from the 2008, veterans, and military families. this...
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i would say that like a marriage, you just don't know what goes on in these presidential and vice presidential races. if you look at bush/gore and bush/cheney, they started out well and got complicated for different reasons. this is a long road. if president obama wins re-election and biden is thinking of a future beyond 2012 and 2016, you get a look at their agendas. >> did you get the -- i agree with joe both on issues and a political way sending them to pennsylvania. actually, it seems the white house relied heavily on joe biden. do you think biden sees it that way? >> i think he has. look, part of the thanklessness of being vice president is you are completely at the mercy of the boss. if the president wants to put you in a box he can. as walter mondale said, every morning a vice president wakes up and thinks what is the president going to think of me today or a variation of that. if you look at the show "veep" on hbo, there's that independence. mondale said there's a shakespearean dependence on it. it's a four-year nondivorce million marriage. it is divorceable. if the president or voters
i would say that like a marriage, you just don't know what goes on in these presidential and vice presidential races. if you look at bush/gore and bush/cheney, they started out well and got complicated for different reasons. this is a long road. if president obama wins re-election and biden is thinking of a future beyond 2012 and 2016, you get a look at their agendas. >> did you get the -- i agree with joe both on issues and a political way sending them to pennsylvania. actually, it seems...
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in a presidential race there's always that little something extra. i think it's a gut check, that -- where values matters to you as much as the hard and fast issues. obama is leading romney in all the gut check questions and i think with women, what akin does, throws that seed of doubt, yes, i'm not happy with the president, but if i -- if they make the connection if i put romney in charge it puts all those republicans in charge, do i want to go there, have that conversation about my body, about abortion, i think that -- that's the fear of the romney camp. >> would he have done better to have condi rice at his side? she may not have bought a state but she's dignified, accomplished. >> i still think the ryan pick in what it needed to do for him, he needed to stand for people. people didn't think he stood for something. he was going to go in and say i'm not afraid of dealing with this budget issue. the extra piece of baggage -- >> he were afraid to deal with budget issues. >> well they -- >> but they've gop gone head first in medicare now. at first the
in a presidential race there's always that little something extra. i think it's a gut check, that -- where values matters to you as much as the hard and fast issues. obama is leading romney in all the gut check questions and i think with women, what akin does, throws that seed of doubt, yes, i'm not happy with the president, but if i -- if they make the connection if i put romney in charge it puts all those republicans in charge, do i want to go there, have that conversation about my body,...
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in florida, obama, 48. romney, 47. virginia, romney, 48%. obama, 47%. that's a three-point reversal from a week ago. we also have some "new york times"/cbs polls out that also show this race being pretty darn close. in colorado, mitt romney up by 1 percentage point. last month that was flipped. in virginia, they've got the president's lead actually growing slightly. he's up by five points there. i'm not sure about that. in wisconsin, the candidates are within the margin of error. after the president lost a point. chuck, again, they're your polls. and then we'll go to david to get his reaction. talk about it. what's your takeaway? >> well, i want to point out a couple things. number one, i feel like, look. we are at where we were before the conventions. when you really think about it. all of these numbers, right, you could sit there and say, you know, is the president narrowly ahead here? is romney narrowly ahead there? this is the conversation we were having about these swing states before both conventions. so it's almost as if everything has been erase
in florida, obama, 48. romney, 47. virginia, romney, 48%. obama, 47%. that's a three-point reversal from a week ago. we also have some "new york times"/cbs polls out that also show this race being pretty darn close. in colorado, mitt romney up by 1 percentage point. last month that was flipped. in virginia, they've got the president's lead actually growing slightly. he's up by five points there. i'm not sure about that. in wisconsin, the candidates are within the margin of error....
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presidential candidate mitt romney said that the obama administration's policies had left the middle east a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. i can't wait to ask you about that, richard. >> fair enough. >> that speech was fascinating. >> new polls were taken after the debate. what did they will get to it as you zip it. >> whoa. >> the race is tightening with four weeks to go, a new pew research center survey shows romney leading obama 49% to 45% in a national head-to-head match-up among likely voters. those most committed to participating in the november election. there is good news for the romney campaign in michigan, a state where president obama was leading by ten points last month according to the detroit free press. after the debate, the same poll has the president's lead down to three points, well within the margin of error. perhaps the biggest gain for the romney campaign comes from that pew survey, which shows the republican candidate has made huge gains with women voters now tied with the president 47% to 47%. just a month ago, the president had a 56-38 advant
presidential candidate mitt romney said that the obama administration's policies had left the middle east a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. i can't wait to ask you about that, richard. >> fair enough. >> that speech was fascinating. >> new polls were taken after the debate. what did they will get to it as you zip it. >> whoa. >> the race is tightening with four weeks to go, a new pew research center survey shows romney leading obama 49% to 45% in a...
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as soon as iran stalled presidential election. north korea detonated a nuclear weapon, obama pivoted. >> was that a turning point? hillary clinton said it. i was saying it on this show. i'm sure you were thinking the same thing. the president in 2008 was saying you know what we're going to do? i'm going to talk to iran. it reminded you to those people that the senator before world war ii that said if i could sit down and talk to hitler. it was laughable. was iran 2009 the wake-up call for this president this is a nastier world than it looked in 2008 on the campaign trail. >> once he did that, he convinced the rest of the world that he was trying. when it failed, he could -- >> soccer moms in cairo loved him. >> fair enough. he got sanctions to work. in a sense he pursued bush agenda on iran and north korea than bush himself. >> saying i want to extend my hand to iran and then seeing how brutal they were, these sanctions, are they tougher than anything george w. bush got? >> they say they are pushing iran into a corner. >> what do
as soon as iran stalled presidential election. north korea detonated a nuclear weapon, obama pivoted. >> was that a turning point? hillary clinton said it. i was saying it on this show. i'm sure you were thinking the same thing. the president in 2008 was saying you know what we're going to do? i'm going to talk to iran. it reminded you to those people that the senator before world war ii that said if i could sit down and talk to hitler. it was laughable. was iran 2009 the wake-up call for...
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thatst not presidential. and frankly, i kind of resent it because i think mitt romney has had a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge and background on these issues, and to say everything's fine in iraq, of course, was one of the great leaps of the imagination. iraq is going to hell in a hand basket, al qaeda has doubled their presence there. there are al qaeda training camps in western iraq. and of course, with syria to say that things are going just fine after 30,000 people have been massacred, and we basically stood by and watched and watched what arms do flow in go to the wrong people, you know, it's just -- i got to hand it to the president to say things that in my view defy reality. and there's an article this morning about afghanistan and the way that everybody believes we're leaving. so therefore things are deteriorating. and unfortunately, general keene who was the architect of the surge was right about the surge which obama said would never work. and he's right about what's happening there now. >
thatst not presidential. and frankly, i kind of resent it because i think mitt romney has had a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge and background on these issues, and to say everything's fine in iraq, of course, was one of the great leaps of the imagination. iraq is going to hell in a hand basket, al qaeda has doubled their presence there. there are al qaeda training camps in western iraq. and of course, with syria to say that things are going just fine after 30,000 people have been...
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/kaine voters but there aren't any allen/obama voters. allen needs romney to get 51, 52% in virginia. >> that's a pretty steep climb, isn't it, with virginia breaking the way it has? >> it is. but virginia is not where it is in '06 and '08 when democrats were having a great year. it's not where it was in 2010 when republicans were having a great year. it's somewhere in between. it's regressed back a little bit that way. i think it's going to be very, very close but allen needs romney to win by a point and a half. >> i don't know whether this gay marriage statement by the president is going to impact the national race, but you and i both know you get down in some of these more divisive races that, could have an impact. >> i think the place it has the biggest impact is black churches. when you saw gay marriage lose in california, it was in the african-american community is where it lost. and that's sort of -- this has sort of rolled a grenade down the aisle at a place where the president -- everything was going good until then. >> charlie c
/kaine voters but there aren't any allen/obama voters. allen needs romney to get 51, 52% in virginia. >> that's a pretty steep climb, isn't it, with virginia breaking the way it has? >> it is. but virginia is not where it is in '06 and '08 when democrats were having a great year. it's not where it was in 2010 when republicans were having a great year. it's somewhere in between. it's regressed back a little bit that way. i think it's going to be very, very close but allen needs...
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or would you it come out in the middle of the third and final presidential debate where barack obama turns to him and says, well, this is what you wrote in 2009. it seems to me that you can make the argument that this is good at the end for romney. >> we've got to think about the romney campaign and the likelihood he's the general election candidate in a different way. which is not, can he end this quickly or not? because i don't know he can. can he use this period to be a more effective general election candidate? one way is to take the incoming on things like health care and not only defuse them, but get better at answering them. he benefits if he became the nominee, the president's campaign could start unloading on him full throttle rather than third throttle, which is what they do now. missouri's going to be a potential general election state. he needs to build up there. he can do that as part of the nominating process. and finally, he's got to become a better candidate. he's got to find a way to appeal to those centrist groups while he becomes a better candidate. all of those th
or would you it come out in the middle of the third and final presidential debate where barack obama turns to him and says, well, this is what you wrote in 2009. it seems to me that you can make the argument that this is good at the end for romney. >> we've got to think about the romney campaign and the likelihood he's the general election candidate in a different way. which is not, can he end this quickly or not? because i don't know he can. can he use this period to be a more effective...
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every presidential election involves a contest over the idea of america. obama's america -- one that progresses, however falteringly, toward social justice, tolerance, and equality -- represents the future that this country deserves. >> david, which west side starbucks do you meet at? >> we don't have an editorial board. we don't do this like a newspaper. we're not separate. and there's basically a sense of the room, which was pretty clear -- >> yeah. >> -- and then somebody goes off and writes this with the help of everybody else. that's how it works. it's not as formal as a newspaper. >> so let me ask you, who got paid the bonus for being able to squeeze in, quote, the shame of the bush years? >> do you take that personally, joe? >> i don't take it personally no more personally when i walked up and down the upper west side and these stands of people dressed like george bush in nazi year. i was very critical of george w. bush. what was the shame? let's talk about the shame of the bush years and then talk about the shame of the obama years. go ahead. >> yo
every presidential election involves a contest over the idea of america. obama's america -- one that progresses, however falteringly, toward social justice, tolerance, and equality -- represents the future that this country deserves. >> david, which west side starbucks do you meet at? >> we don't have an editorial board. we don't do this like a newspaper. we're not separate. and there's basically a sense of the room, which was pretty clear -- >> yeah. >> -- and then...
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there have been many times when it seems as if obama has been saved by the gaunt. he was in a bad trajectory after the debate and hurricane sandy happened and suddenly he was thrust into a very presidential spotlight that made him look better. but what concludes at the end, yes, he has had elements of luck in his career, but this is really about opportunity meeting preparation. and you have to make your luck, you know. willing to be lucky. obama is very, very brilliant, i think, at making his own luck by preparation and as you saw that with osama bin laden, that was long, long in the preparation. long in the preparation. and as we saw in the analysis of the campaign which he writes about. the fact they were able to destroy in a sense romney's reputation early on that they put that money early on -- that was a great campaign strategy for them and it worked. >> bob cusack, how is the hill looking at the president's win? >> well, i think it's interesting that the president, you know, after he won his first term, he went to republicans when they were getting into a dis
there have been many times when it seems as if obama has been saved by the gaunt. he was in a bad trajectory after the debate and hurricane sandy happened and suddenly he was thrust into a very presidential spotlight that made him look better. but what concludes at the end, yes, he has had elements of luck in his career, but this is really about opportunity meeting preparation. and you have to make your luck, you know. willing to be lucky. obama is very, very brilliant, i think, at making his...
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here's what he said. >> this is one of those presidential decisions. no matter what you say, it's going to upset some people. you're going to vegas. you going to place a bet on the world series? who do you got? >> well, they're both great teams. detroit beat -- [ cheers ] -- they beat my white sox out of a pennant. they're an outstanding team. i will say that, you know, i have spent a lot of time in detroit lately. you know, i didn't want to let detroit go bankrupt. >> right, right. [ cheers and applause ] >> in this particular world series, i may be a little partial. >> but i want to point out one other thing. before tonight's game two of the world series, major league baseball is honoring world war ii vets who played in the major leagues. incredible collection of people. obviously the famous ones, ted williams, stan musial but also the living members, tommy lasorda. a great tribute to guys who left baseball to go serve in world war ii. that's tonight before the game. >>> in just a few minutes this morning, legendary director and producer steven spiel
here's what he said. >> this is one of those presidential decisions. no matter what you say, it's going to upset some people. you're going to vegas. you going to place a bet on the world series? who do you got? >> well, they're both great teams. detroit beat -- [ cheers ] -- they beat my white sox out of a pennant. they're an outstanding team. i will say that, you know, i have spent a lot of time in detroit lately. you know, i didn't want to let detroit go bankrupt. >> right,...